Hanger for miners&#39; lamps.



- L; K. TERRY. HANGER FOR MINERS LAMPS. APPLIGATIQN FILED AUG. 7, 1913.

1,082,779. PatntgdDec. 30, 19 13.

WITNESSES inseam for miners lamps.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUISJK. TERRY, 0F COOKS, NEW MEXICO.

HANGER FOR MINERS LAMPS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed August 7, 1913. Serial No. 783,449. .1.

Be it known that I, LoUIs K. TERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cooks, in the county of Luna and State of New Mexico, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Hangers for Miners Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

y invention relates to a new and useful hanger for miners lamps, and its object is to provide a device especially intended for the use of miners which device will be formed'with a book by which ,it may be conveniently engaged upon a protuberance or irregularity in the wall of a shaft or tunnel, and which will also carry a portion so shaped as to adapt it to contain a minerslamp. I

A still further objectof the invention'is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, simple and efiicient and comparatively inexpensive to produce,

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has relation to certain novel features of construction, an' example of which is described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of my hanger Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view showing a slightly modified form of the invention. Fig. 4 is a side View of the modification.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the same, the section being taken uponthe line X-X.of Fig. 3.

Referring nowmore particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate similar parts in all the figures,

the numeral 1 denotes the body of my de-- vice which consists of an elongated metal bar terminating at its upper extremity in a pointed hook as indicated at 2, and bent forwardly atits lower end asindicated at '3. Adj acentto the lower extremity of the memher 1 there is mounted upon'said member an arcuate bracket 4 extending through an are somewhat greater. than a semi-circle. The diameter of the bracket 4 will be such bracket.

also one in which the several parts will not be likely to get out of order.

' angle,

that the body portions of a standard mir.ers lamp may be securely engaged within. said Opposite to the bracket 4 there is mounted upon the rear face of the member 1 a cross-piece 5 the extremities of which are curved rearwardly, When the hook 2 is made to engage some irregularity in the wall of a shaft or tunnel, the extremities of the cross-piece 5 willfrest againstthe wall beneath the point at which the hook is'supported and will thus tend to hold steady the lamp (not shown) held by the bracket 4. Above the members 4 and 5, enlarged portions areformed oppositely upon the edges of said bar, which portions are curved rearsockets receiving vertical portions of two handle-forming links '7, which handles will be swung to an adjacent position to the rear. of the bar 1 when the hanger is manually supported. The forwardly bent lower end-- of the bar 1 forms asupport for the lamp which is to be engaged by the bracket 4.

Themodified construction of my inventionillustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 of the drawing, differs from the construction already described in that the handles 7 are omitted from the device in the modification.

- The invention is presented as including all such modifications and changes as properly come within the scope of the following claims What I claim is:

l. A hanger for miners lamps compris-.

ing a bar formed with a hook at its upper 1 extremity and having its lower extremity bent. at'a right angle in an opposite direction from said hook, an arcuate bracket mounted fast upon the lower portion of said bar above the out-turned extremity thereof, a cross-arm mounted upon the lower portion of the bar transversely thereof having its extremities curved slightly in a direction opposite from the curvature existing in said bracket. 2. A hanger for miners" lamps comprising I a vertical bar formed at its upper extremity with a rearwardly projecting hook and having its lower end forwardly bent at a right an arcuate bracket rigidly mounted lipcn the lower portion of said bar and ex- In testimony whereof I have signed my tending forwardly therefrom, a cross-piece name to. this specification in the presence mounted transversely upon the bar at the of two subscribing witnesses. rear of said bracket having its extremities LOUIS K. TERRY. turned rearwardly, and a pair of handle Witnesses:

.; members mounted upon the bar'a'bove said CHARLES POE, bracket and cross-piece. JETHRO S. HAUGHT. 

